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LIFE IN OLD LONDON.
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T1IE HAWAIIAN STAR, THURSDAY, MAY d, 1893. SIX PAGES.
(Sonera I .Slbljcrltocmcntss.
General ,2tt)t)crtu$cmcnt0.
iomcotic Jrobucr.
I ff. MWJBl Si SONS,"
Wholesale Grocers,
Egan & 6mm
FOR THE VOLCANO
Nature's Grandest Wonder.
THE TALK OF THE BIGGEST
TOWN KNOWN TO MAN.
Torn Finery and Bruised Toes at the
Queen's First Drawing Room How
Lord Salisbury Rebuked the
Watch Pullers.
"The first drawing room," says Lou
den Truth ''was a very large one,-but
there was exceedingly little beauty
among the company. The dresses and
jewels were magnificent."
"The crushing and crowding of the
various barriers wtrc worse than ever,
and there were some violent altcrca
tions and furious appeals to the be
wildered officials. Several ladies had
their trains dashed from their arms,
with the result that they came in with
the train extending in front for some
yards, and tw.j or three narrowly escap
ed awkward falls. Others had their
bouquets utterly destroyed, and many
entered the Throne Room with dishev
eled heads, t rn veils, broken feath
ers, and crushed sleeves. Some ladies,
indeed, presented as lamentable ap
pearance as if they had been engaged
in a free fight. Two had most pal
pable bruises on their arms, and an
other complained, with pardonable
acrimony, that she received a severe
blow on her neck from the cocked hat
of "some savage' who had attempted
to push past her."
Lord Salisbury and the Time Gun.
While Lord Salisbury was giving his
reply to the deputation from the Liver
pool Chamber of Commerce in the
Town Hall, an incident occurred which
at the moment was a little embairas
sing, but which was also not without
an amusing side. Every day at i
o'clock a time gun is discharged on
the Hirkenhead side of the Mirsy,
being fired by electricity from Hidstun
observatory. The gun went off on
that day just as the noble Maiquis was
speaking about West Africa as the
country we should look to to afford
new markets for our goods. Instant
ly, by force of habit, nearly every man
in the room took out his watch to note
the time. This was quickly noticed
by Lord Salisbury, on whose counte
nance an embarrassed look suddenly
appeared, and with some apparent ap
prehension he expressed the hope that
lie was not keeping his audience too
long.
A Lord with a Hobby.
No member of the House of Lords
lives in greater retirement than Thomas
Lyttelton Powys, liaron Lilford. This
is owing not so much to disposition,
perhaps, as to the unfortunate fact that
he is a cripple, and moves about in a
wheeled chair. His hobby is natural
history, some departments of which are
more completely represented in his
museum than in any other. He is one
of the greatest living authorities on
liritish birds, and never allows anything
in the market bearing on this subject
to escape him. He is said to possess
the only two black woodpeckers in
England.
"Pegging Out."
"Pegging out," writes Mr. Labou-
cherc, has been the ruin of many em
pires. Athens was ruined because it
took to "pegging out," claims in Sicily.
Rome would have been ruined long
before it was had not the wisest of its
Emperors taken up the pegs that his
predecessors had inserted beyond the
Danube. Napoleon the First would
never have lost his throne had he not
endeavored to mould Europe in the
French character and taken to "pegging
out claims everywhere. And the
British Empire will perish by expansion
if we do not abate this "pegging out'1
mania.
Has Traveled 3,494.452 Miles.
One of the world's greatest railway
travelers is Mr. Hen. leans, who is em
ployed on the Great Western Railway,
and has been a passenger guard for 50
years, having joined the service in 1042,
He is 74 years of age, and, after allow
ing for holidays and illness, has travel
ed the extraordinary number of 3,404,
472 miles, never havinu met with an
accident. s
The Rainiest Day and Hour.
Mr. Glaishcr, the aeronaut, asserts,
after long and patient investigation
that the ninth day of the moon is the
most rainy of the whole 28, and that in
the first and last weeks of the moon's
age the rainfall is less than the average
The records kept by Mr. Glaisher also
indicate 4 o'clock in the afternoon as
the rainiest hour in the day.
She Kissed the Blarney Stone.
Lady Aberdeen a few days ago made
an excursion by moonlight to Illamey,
and there, by candlelight, kissed the
"lilarney Stone, in order to quality
herself before going out to the Irish
Villace at the Chicago Exhibition
where she is to be at home most of the
time in a cottage with a thatched roof.
The Silver Bomb.
A new play, entitled "Prince Kara
toff" the second a being long is to
be put in rehearsal at once by Mr. and
Mrs. Kendal at the Avenue theatre
London. In this Mrs. Kendal will
play a Nihilist, and the central interest
lies in a bomb made of silver which
passes as a drawing room ornament
The author is Mr. Harry Dam.
"Boon Work."
There are curious features in th
Alley (Cheshire, Eng.) tenancy agree
ments, which seem to belong to tu
middle ages, rather, than to this end of
.1 . . .1 . - .1
tne nineieenin century, unc ciause is
to this effect: "Boon Work, etc. The
tenant to do four days' boon work an
nually, and to deliver every other yea
a cheese of average weight for the
landlord's use." Until recently it wa
the p'casing privilege of the tenants to
cart coal to Arley Hall, but this "boon
work" is not now exacted. The cheese
however, still has to be delivered.
100 FORT STREET,
(llrewcr Itlock.)
13clov we make mention of
some of out special bargains:
Ladies' and Children's FAST
BLACK HOSE, at 25 cts.
a pair.
tidies' and Children's FAST
BLACK HOSE, at 8 pairs
for $1.00 Special value.
.adies' RIBBED UN DE IN
VESTS at 15 cts. each.
Large variety of new TEN IS
FLANNELS.
5 Qualities in ' P. D." COR
SETS, from $1.25 to $3.50
a pair.
All the LATEST STYLES in
(Concluded on Fourth puce.)
inery Goods
received by every Steamer.
n KID GLOVES we call spe
cial attention to our DENT,
ALCROFT, DRIVING
and STREET GLOVES,
at $1.75 a pair, in Kid and
Suede.
n our Furnishing Goods De
partment, we can give you
the BEST UN LAUND
ERED SHIRT in Town
for $1.00.
Tine Fitting, Finely Made
CRAPE SHTRTS includ
ing Neck-tie for $1.25.
SILK SHIRTS in large yn-
riety.
SILK PAJAMAS,
CHEVIOT PAJAMAS,
COTTON CRAPE PAJA
MAS,
FLANNEL PAJAMAS,
at bedrock prices.
Special Value in LACE CUR
TAINS.
In our House Furnishing De
partment, we have a com
plete stock of
SHEETINGS,
LINEN- DAMASKS,
Etc., lite.
Our stock of LACES and EM
BROIDERIES, is very
complete and prices low.
Something Pretty in Shoes
Always invites inspection, and judging from the amount of in
spection we are arousing, one would suppose we were showing
something unusually pretty. The supposition is entirely cor
rect, for that s precisely what we re doing. Our stock ol toot
wear is not only exceedingly pretty, but it's also pretty exten
sive, and what's more interesting still, it's more than1 pretty
cheap. It's the buyer's season now. Winter is slipping right
atong as inougn on ice, anu we aon i wan i to ue caugiu in ine
Spring with any remnants ol winter goods, i he stock is well
up now in all styles and sizes, and you can get a first choice as
well as a low price. Don't wait until the stock's faded away
to the last end of nothing before buying, but buy now.
THE MANUFACTURERS' SHOE CO.
Wholesale and Retail Boots and Shoes.
102 FORT STREET.
The following lines we cal
special attention too, as they
must be sold.
Men's and Boys' SHOES.
Men's, Boys' and Children's
Felt and Straw HATS.
Men's and Boys' CLOTH
ING.
TRUNKS, BAGS and VA
USES.
These last lines we arc clos
ing out. not intending to carry
them any longer.
These Goods, you can Buy
at your own price.
EGAN & GUNN
loo Fori Sired, llrewcr Mock.
IS
rioNoi.ttt.u, ii. i.
A FULL LINE
OF
GROCERIES
Always nn Hand.
FRESH GOODS
Per Every Steamer and Sail.
Cheese, Lard, Mams, Duttur,
Codfish, Milk, Onions,
Crackers, Potatoes, Salmon,
Macaroni, Corn Meal,
Pickled Skipjack, Alvicore,
Herrings,
Flour, drain and Deans.
Saddle Lcallior, Harness Leather
And All Kinds ok
Leather and Nails for Shoemakers.
The Popular and Scenic Route
is nv Tin:
"" Space reserved, for .
BENSON, SMITH & CQ.
Wholesale and Retail
Druggists
Honolulu Tannery.
HIO-HEST PRICE
PAID FOR
Hides and Goat Skins !
HIDE SALT
AT LOW PRICE.
1.
The Hawaiian News Co.L'd
STATIONERS,
News and Music Dealers,
25 and 27 MERCHANT STREET, KEEP ON HANI)
A Superior Assortment of Goods Blank Books, all klnda; Memorandum Books. In great variety
PIANOS, GUITARS, MANDOLINS,
Sheet Music Subscriptions Received for any Periodical Published.
11. ff. HcCIIISiW t SONS,
Wilder's Steamship Company's
Ai STEAMER KINAU,
Fitted with Electric Light, Kleuri Hells, Courteous and Attentive Service.
VIA HILO:
Tlie Kim Leaves Honolulu Every Ton Days,
TUESDAYS AN 13 FRIDAYS,
Arming at Hilo Thursday and Sunday Mornings,
FROM HILO TO THE VOLCANO, 30 Miles,
Passengers arc Convoyed in Carnages,
TWENTY-TWO MILES,
Over a. Splendid Macadamized Road,
Running most of the way through a Dense Tropical
Forest a ride alone worth the trip. The
balance of the road on horseback.
ABSENT FROM HONOLULU 7 DAYS!
T TICKET S,S
Including All Expenses,
For the Round Trip, : : Fifty Dollars.
FOR FURTHER. INFORMATION,
Call at the Office, Corner Fort and Queen streets
AGENTS FOR
Thirty nThird Annual Statement
EQUITABLE
Life Assurance h Society
OF THE UNITED STATES,
For the Year Ending- December 31, 1892.
ASSETS.
Bonds and Mortgages $ 21,953,911 02
Real Estate, including the Equitable Huildings and purchase!! under fore
closure of mortgages 2.1,912,412 49
United States Stocks, Stale Stocks, City Stocks and other investments .... 7.r,OS4,7 11) 48
Loans secured by Honds and Stocks (Market value, $7,07:1,700) 0,9111,500 00
Real Estate outside the State of New York, including purchases under fore
closure 14,122,7.10 70
Cash in Hank and in transit (since received and invested) 5,054,000 00
Interest and Hents due and accrued, Deferred Premiums and other Securi
ties 6,188,702 00
ii. w. wmm t sons,
AGENTS
Honolulu Soap Works Co
Laundry Soap !
.12, 56 ami f3 bars 10 case
One Hundred Pounds.
HIGHEST
PRICE
PAID
AGENTS I'OR
Klinkners Red Rubber Stamp and Yost Type Writer,'
FOR
TALLOW!
Total Assets, December HI, 1892 1G.1,000,052 01
We hereby certify, that after a personal examination of the securities and accounts
described in the foregoing statement, ve find the same to be true and correct as staled.
Titos. D. Jordan, Comptroller. Erancis W. Jackson, Auditor.
LIAHILITTES.
Keserve on all existing Policies (1 Standard), and all other liabilities $121,870,2.10 52
Total Undivided Surplus (4 Standard), including Special Keserve of
215O0,O0O towards establishment of a valuation .11,189,815 49
8163,000,05'-' 01
We certify the correctness of the above calculation of the reserve and surplus. Erom
this surplus the usual dividends will be made.
Ofo. W. I'iiillii'S, J, 0, Van Cisk, Actuaries.
INCOME.
Premium $ .11,010,508 39
Interest, Hents, etc G,2R9,C69 10
940,280,2.17 49
DlSHUKSH.Ml'NTS.
Claims by Death anil Matured Endowments $ 10,859,:t7.1 01
Dividends, Surrender Valuci, Annuities and Uncounted Endowments 5,075,074 94
Total Paid Policy-llolders $ 10,5:11,147 98
Commissions, Advertising, Postage and Exchange , 4,0S:i,478 ,'15
(icnerul Expenses, State, County and City Taxes ,
New Assurance written In 1S92, ..
Total Outstanding Assurance . . .
:i,544,021 01
21,101,947 31
..4200,490,310 00
. 650,902,245 00
We, the undersigned, have, in person, carefully examined the accounts, and counted
and examined in detail the assets of the Society, and certify that the foregoing statement
tliereot is correct.
. . E. Uoudinot Colt,
T. S. Vouno, II. S. Tkkhkm.,
O. W, Caki.kton, W. 11. Kr.Nit.vu.,
Sectal Committee of the
itoaru 01 jfirrciort, ap.
lMltntr.1 to CAAmlne the.
mcuuhu awl aell at the
l.Krf.f the J ear I8g
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DIRECTORS.
II1..NKV I). 1 1 -v tu-. President,
James W. Alkxanhkr, Vice-President.
I. mils l'iUgeralii,
Henry A. lipilbut.
Henry ii. Marouand,
Wm. A. Wlieelock,
M, Hartley,
II, M. Alexander,
Cliauncey M. Depew,
Charles (i, Landon,
Cornelius N. llliss,
August llelmont,
K. Uoudinot Colt,
John Sloane,
S. llorrowe,
II. J. EairchiUl,
Eugene Kelly,
John A. Stew ait.
(!eo. U. Magoun,
Win. M. llliss,
Wm. 1). Kendall,
li. W. Carleton.
E. W. Lambert,
II. S. Terbell.
Thomas S. Voting,
John J. McCook,
Daniel I). Lord,
Wm. Alexander,
Horace Porter,
Edward W. Scott,
C. II. Alexander,
(ico. De 1'. L, Day,
Alason Trask,
John D. Jone,
Levi P. Morton,
Charles S. Smith,
Joseph T, Low,
A. Van Ilergen,
T. Do Witt Cuyler,
Oliver Ames,
Eustace C. Pit,
S. II. Phillips,
Henry K. Wolcott,
J. E. DeNavarro,
James II. Dunham,
Daniel I. Noyce,
M. E. Ingalls,
T. D. Jordan,
S. I). Ripley.
BRUCE & A. J. CART WRIGHT.
Manncjers Equitable Life Assurance Society for the
Hawaiian Islands.